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Raspberry Swirls

I made these a few weeks ago and people are still talking about them!..yes, that good!

I made “Blackberry Swirls” since I had blackberry jam leftover from our Florentine Squares, but really you could use any flavor jam and it would be a success. These are the best kind of recipes because you can use what you have on hand!

There are a few steps to these swirls:

baking the cake; easy

chill time

spreading the jam and rolling the cake; fussy and not so easy

chill time

cutting the roll into pieces; easy

dip in chocolate, roll in coconut and pistachios; easy

Really the only difficult part I found, even with so many steps, was the rolling part…and it just seemed like it shouldn’t be so hard. The cake didn’t want to roll up in a nice spiral, but I forced it and then wrapped it very tightly in the parchment paper. I think the tight wrapping did help but, in the end it just didn’t matter too much because the chocolate hid all imperfections! While I was making them I was thinking that I wouldn’t be making them again, but after seeing how pretty they eventually turn out…they are very showy…AND how great everyone said they were, I would have to change my opinion. I wouldn’t be so worried during the rolling part and would just go with it…they turn out beautiful and so tasty in the end!